Spanish police have arrested two people in connection with the sale of exotic felines on the internet. The authorities seized 19 animals, including a caracal and two servals, in an operation in ...

Internet sensation: The popularity of the caracal has helped conservation efforts Date: November 8, 2024 ... They compared the interest with that in a similar African wildcat -- the serval.

Officers also seized a caracal, a desert lynx known for its distinctive long ear tufts, as well as two servals and 16 hybrid felines. They also seized more than 40 animal passports from Russia ...

One ongoing threat to servals, and possibly caracals, is the wildlife trade. Researchers found both serval and caracal skins during covert surveys of medicine markets in Benin and Niger in 2017 ...

While prices for a purebred caracal or serval can exceed €8,000, a first-generation hybrid can easily fetch up to €18,000. The animals recovered showed varying degrees of survival, still to be ...

Two people have been arrested in Spain in connection with the sale of exotic cats on the internet. The nation's Civil Guard seized 19 animals, including a caracal and two servals, in an operation ...

MADRID (AP) — Spanish police have arrested two people in connection with the sale of exotic felines on the internet. The authorities seized 19 animals, including a caracal and two servals… ...